Accessing Donor Eggs

Download the Eeve Donor Bank app or visit Eeve Donor Bank’s website to browse Australia’s largest selection of clinic-recruited donor eggs. You can search our donors and shortlist potential matches today.

Download the app now on the App Store or Google Play Store.

After exploring potential donors, it’s time to book an appointment with one of our fertility specialists. At your initial appointment, we’ll discuss the donor egg process and your medical history to create your personal treatment plan. Your specialist may request routine fertility blood tests and will discuss your genetic testing.

Rainbow Fertility strongly recommends that all patients accessing donor eggs complete expanded carrier screening.

Once you have a treatment plan, our Patient Services Team will send you a patient registration form to complete and return.

You will now receive a detailed donor egg cost quote and our e-booklet to guide you through the donor egg process so you are fully informed and confident in the process.

You can reserve one allocation of six eggs (local or overseas). The final step to reserve the donor will take place once the pre-requisite steps have been completed (treatment plan, screenings, extended carrier screening, counselling, consents, egg selection form, and fee estimate signed).

If you have completed genetic testing, you can only reserve a donor once the results have been returned. Results can take up to six weeks.

Australian law requires all donor egg recipients to complete two counselling sessions with an ANZICA-accredited counsellor. These specialist counsellors are trained in infertility and understand the emotional, ethical and legal complexities of donor conception.

Once all the steps are completed and your documents returned, you’re now ready to commence your treatment.

Donor eggs are provided by individuals who altruistically donate to help individuals and couples achieve their dreams of parenthood. This is carried out under strict regulations to ensure the highest standards of safety, ethics, and transparency.

• Known donor: A known donor is someone you have a personal connection with who has agreed to voluntarily donate their egg. This could include a friend, relative, or trusted individual.
• Clinic-recruited donor: Eggs donated altruistically to an unknown recipient. These donors undergo comprehensive medical screenings and professional counselling to ensure the highest standards of safety, including testing for transmittable and genetic conditions

In Vitro Fertilisation (IVF)

In Vitro Fertilisation involves the fertilisation of the egg by sperm in an incubator outside the body before the embryo is transferred back into the recipient’s uterus.

Intracytoplasmic Sperm Injection (ICSI)

Intracytoplasmic Sperm Injection (ICSI) is a specialised form of IVF that involves the injection of a single sperm directly into a mature egg. ICSI is also used for the treatment of severe cases of male infertility.

When you are considering using an egg donor, we recommend visiting Eeve Donor Bank’s Things to Consider page.

Local donors recruited through Egg Donors Australia can donate their eggs if they meet these criteria:

• Aged 18-32 if clinic recruited.  Egg donors over 32 will not be accepted for clinic-recruited donations.
• Healthy with no history of genetic disease. Donors will not be accepted if they suffer from an illness, disease or inherited condition that can be passed on to a child conceived from their donation
• Donors who can provide their family medical history.  If married or in a de facto relationship, the partner must consent to the donation.
• Donors must have a permanent address and be contactable for follow-up medical tests. They are required to provide three identifiers and proof of a permanent address, e.g. driver’s licence, photo ID and passport.
• Clinic-recruited egg donors must be eligible for full Medicare benefits in Australia.

Overseas donors recruited through international donor banks can donate their eggs if they meet the following criteria:

• Women between ages 18-32
• Non-smoker
• No alcohol and/or drug abuse or addiction
• Good knowledge of the medical and genetic history of family members up to biological grandparents (even if the applicant is adopted, they must know this information)
• Cannot be on the following forms of birth control: Depo-Provera or Implanon/Nexplanon
• Healthy Body Mass Index
• Be willing to administer medications by injection (very small subcutaneous needles)